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minus-squareSaoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·6 months agoYesterday, I was an “eccentric” for hording and repairing laptops instead of just buying New Chip every year. But when an i3 shitbox costs you $1000 dollars, who will be laughing then? WHO WILL BE LAUGHING THEN?!
minus-squareSaoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoSeriously though in a year you will not be able to afford a new computer so make sure you have something you can repair.
minus-squareTomBombadil [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoI’ve been piece by piece replacing and upgrading my desktop. Maybe time to do the final pieces…
minus-squareuSSRI [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoShould I pull the trigger on building a pc now?
minus-squareSaoirse [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoImo yes, but no need to overspend, CPU and GPU performance gains have been plateauing for a while now so nobody really needs bleeding edge stuff.
minus-squareTabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoah shit now im imagining some decade old shit PC suddenly 4x-ing in value lmao
minus-squarehellodcooper@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agonext an Intel n100 minipc will cost as much as a ps5 pro 🤔
Yesterday, I was an “eccentric” for hording and repairing laptops instead of just buying New Chip every year. But when an i3 shitbox costs you $1000 dollars, who will be laughing then? WHO WILL BE LAUGHING THEN?!
Seriously though in a year you will not be able to afford a new computer so make sure you have something you can repair.
I’ve been piece by piece replacing and upgrading my desktop. Maybe time to do the final pieces…
Should I pull the trigger on building a pc now?
Imo yes, but no need to overspend, CPU and GPU performance gains have been plateauing for a while now so nobody really needs bleeding edge stuff.
ah shit now im imagining some decade old shit PC suddenly 4x-ing in value lmao
next an Intel n100 minipc will cost as much as a ps5 pro 🤔